WEAVE

Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment

Fair Trade Showroom in Mae Hong Son

WEAVE unveiled its Mae Hong Son Fair Trade Showroom, which showcases beautifully handcrafted items by refugee women artisans from marginalized ethnic groups on the Thai-Burma border.

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Addressing Thai-Karen villagers’ economic needs

Disadvantaged Thai-Karen villagers like hose in Ban Mae Ou Su in Tak Province live below poverty line. Committed to send their children to school and provide them with proper health and nutrition, several village women are trying to meet both ends by engaging in productive labour and livelihoods.

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Earning through fair trading

“Fair Trade has definitely helped our family and community. The WEAVE handicraft project allowed me to earn regular income by doing embroidery work. It has not only provided us with the much needed nutritious food, get my children go to school but above all it allowed me to gain my self-confidence.” – Muga Rolling, Umpiem Mai refugee camp, Thai-Burma border.

Read about their stories

Motivated by the vision of a world where women and their children are free to excercise their human rights, the Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE) is committed to teaching women to become socially, economically and politically empowered.

WEAVE was founded in 1990 with the intent to empower indigenous women and support their needs and basic human rights.